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Election 1976 Results

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1976 Utah governor election

Scott M. Matheson (Democrat) beat Vernon B. Romney (Republican) in Utah in 1976, 52.0% to 46.0%, a margin of 6.1 points and 32,679 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1972, when Calvin L. Rampton won.

Republicans led in 18 of the 29 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 11. The largest, Salt Lake, cast 238,035 votes and went to the Democrat by 14.3 points. The closest was Rich, where 15 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Governor

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Scott M. Matheson won Democratic 280,706 52.0%
Vernon B. Romney Republican 248,027 46.0%
All other candidates 10,916 2.0%
Total539,649

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Salt Lake 134,442 56.5% 100,346 42.2% 3,247 238,035 D+14.3
Utah 29,693 41.9% 39,422 55.7% 1,683 70,798 R+13.7
Weber 33,686 56.5% 25,050 42.0% 850 59,586 D+14.5
Davis 22,420 47.6% 23,618 50.1% 1,086 47,124 R+2.5
Cache 9,528 41.3% 12,713 55.1% 833 23,074 R+13.8
Box Elder 5,681 42.2% 7,241 53.8% 543 13,465 R+11.6
Tooele 5,596 61.1% 3,432 37.5% 132 9,160 D+23.6
Carbon 6,601 76.4% 1,971 22.8% 67 8,639 D+53.6
Washington 3,335 38.8% 4,972 57.8% 291 8,598 R+19.0
Iron 3,878 56.9% 2,787 40.9% 145 6,810 D+16.0
Sanpete 2,650 44.8% 3,070 51.9% 194 5,914 R+7.1
Uintah 2,204 38.0% 3,334 57.5% 261 5,799 R+19.5
Sevier 2,307 41.0% 2,773 49.3% 546 5,626 R+8.3
Duchesne 1,874 47.3% 1,941 49.0% 149 3,964 R+1.7
Millard 1,746 44.3% 2,046 51.9% 152 3,944 R+7.6
Summit 1,997 53.8% 1,638 44.1% 76 3,711 D+9.7
Emery 2,180 60.3% 1,348 37.3% 90 3,618 D+23.0
Wasatch 1,507 48.1% 1,582 50.5% 43 3,132 R+2.4
San Juan 1,434 46.2% 1,592 51.3% 75 3,101 R+5.1
Grand 1,653 59.0% 1,100 39.3% 48 2,801 D+19.7
Juab 1,285 51.3% 1,172 46.8% 49 2,506 D+4.5
Morgan 1,049 48.3% 1,065 49.0% 58 2,172 R+0.7
Beaver 1,270 61.8% 760 37.0% 24 2,054 D+24.8
Garfield 774 44.0% 920 52.2% 67 1,761 R+8.3
Kane 663 44.2% 789 52.6% 47 1,499 R+8.4
Wayne 392 42.1% 430 46.1% 110 932 R+4.1
Rich 392 48.5% 407 50.4% 9 808 R+1.9
Piute 284 43.0% 344 52.0% 33 661 R+9.1
Daggett 185 51.8% 164 45.9% 8 357 D+5.9

Counties as they stood in 1976; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Utah governor elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Spencer Cox (R) R+24.4
2020 Spencer J Cox (R) R+32.7
2016 Gary Herbert (R) R+37.9
2012 Gary R. Herbert (R) R+40.8
2010 Gary Herbert (R) R+32.2
2008 Jon Huntsman Jr. (R) R+58.0
2004 Jon Huntsman Jr. (R) R+16.4
2000 Mike O. Leavitt (R) R+13.5
1996 Mike O. Leavitt (R) R+51.7
1992 Mike Leavitt (R) R+19.0
1988 Norman H. Bangerter (R) R+1.7
1984 Norman H. Bangerter (R) R+12.1
1980 Scott M. Matheson (D) D+10.7
1976 Scott M. Matheson (D) D+6.1
1972 Calvin L. Rampton (D) D+39.4
1968 Calvin L. Rampton (D) D+37.4
1964 Calvin L. Rampton (D) D+14.0
1960 George Dewey Clyde (R) R+5.3
1956 George Dewey Clyde (R) R+4.8
1952 J. Bracken Lee (R) R+10.2
1948 J. Bracken Lee (R) R+10.0
1944 Herbert B. Maw (D) D+0.4
1940 Herbert B. Maw (D) D+4.4
1936 Henry H. Blood (D) D+13.7
1932 Henry H. Blood (D) D+14.6
1928 George H. Dern (D) D+17.4
1924 George H. Dern (D) D+6.0
1920 Charles R. Mabey (R) R+18.5
1916 Simon Bamberger (D) D+13.2
1912 William Spry (R) R+5.8
1908 William Spry (R) R+8.6
1904 John C. Cutler (R) R+12.6
1900 Heber M. Wells (R) R+3.4
1895 Heber M. Wells (R) R+5.6